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       考研英语阅读水平的提升，并非一朝一夕的事情!需要每天抽出一点时间用在英语时事阅读上面，才能让英语阅读能力有所进步!下面，北京文都考研网小编整理了2020考研英语时事阅读:特斯拉全自动驾驶汽车上线，供考生参考。

2020考研英语时事阅读:特斯拉全自动驾驶汽车上线

Tesla is promising to launch “full self-driving” capabilities to hundreds of thousands of cars through an over-the-air update as soon as this year. But its push to put the features — largely unregulated and unproven on real-world roads — in the hands of American drivers is putting industry executives and regulators on edge.

Once the update arrives, Tesla vehicles will be able to drive themselves in a city the way they can perform highway cruising now, the company said. That means interpreting stop signs and traffic lights, making sharp turns, and navigating stop-and-go urban traffic and other obstacles — a far more difficult task than navigating long, relatively straight stretches of highways.

Although Tesla’s website has promised features as soon as this year including the ability to recognize and react to traffic lights and stop signs, and what it calls “Automatic driving on city streets,” the suite would still require a human driver behind the wheel. As soon as next year, Tesla has said, the cars will be able to operate reliably on their own, even allowing the driver to fall asleep.

文本选自：The Washington Post(华盛顿邮报)

 

【单词】

float

英 [fləʊt] 美 [floʊt]

v. 浮动;漂流;飘动;飘移;浮;漂浮;使浮动;使漂流

n. 彩车;鱼漂;浮子;(学游泳用的)浮板

launch

英 [lɔːntʃ] 美 [lɔːntʃ]

v. 开始从事，发起，发动(尤指有组织的活动);(首次)上市，发行;使(船，尤指新船)下水

n. (航天器的)发射;(船的)下水;(产品的)上市;(事件的)发起;大型汽艇;机动大舢板;交通艇

cruise

英 [kruːz] 美 [kruːz]

n. 乘船游览;航行

v. 乘船游览;以平稳的速度行驶;(尤指查看或寻找时)慢速行驶，巡行

obstacle

英 [ˈɒbstəkl] 美 [ˈɑːbstəkl]

n. 障碍;阻碍;绊脚石;障碍物;障碍栅栏

【译文】

特斯拉承诺今年可实现通过无线升级，使众多特斯拉车主的爱车拥有全自动驾驶的功能。但是特斯拉将这项无监管、无检验的技术交给美国的车主们并投放实体路面，无疑是把企业高管们推到风口浪尖。

公司声称一旦升了级，特斯拉汽车可以在城市道路上实现自动驾驶，就像高速公路巡航那样。也就是说，特斯拉可以解读站牌和交通信号灯，可以急转弯，可以适应城市走走停停的交通以及躲避其他障碍物——这可比在又直又长的高速公路上行驶难得多。

尽管特斯拉官网宣称今年即将应用的这项技术包括识别和回应交通信号灯和站牌，而且他们所谓“城市街道自动驾驶”套装还是需要人来驾驶的。特斯拉说明年，车辆就可以完全自动驾驶了，驾驶人睡觉都可以。

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